Can a mayoral candidate who is one half of an interracial marriage be conducting a “racist” campaign?

That’s what New York City’s current mayor, Michael Bloomberg, is accusing Democratic candidate Bill de Blasio of doing. DeBlasio, the frontrunner among several candidates on the Democratic side, is married to an African-American woman, Chirlane McCray, and their 16-year-old son, Dante, sports a robust Afro hairstyle in a commercial for the candidate.